First reported by Horns247, University of Texas president Greg Fenves will be leaving the 40 acres at the end of June. Fenves has been at UT for 12 years and has been the president of the university for the past five.
Fenves has also accepted a new position at Emory University in Atlanta, where he will be their president. He is expected to take his new job on August 1.
Until then, Fenves’ goal is “completing the semester and getting our community back to normal before my presidency ends.”
Pres. Fenves will leave UT on June 30 and begin serving as president at Emory Aug. 1.
We thank him for his incredible contributions and remain committed to serving students, providing the highest quality education and breaking new ground in research: https://t.co/GdCF2cAcQO
— UT Austin (@UTAustin) April 7, 2020
From an athletics standpoint, Fenves was the president who hired current athletic director Chris Del Conte. The former TCU AD has seen success throughout all Olympic sports and started to turn the football program around with Tom Herman.
Texas will be naming an interim president later this week. According to 247Sports, McCombs School of Business dean Jay Hartzell is the leading candidate to take over as president.
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